mia lays into kamla 'kidnapping story"
@velo
Thomas's affidavit,
In his affidavit, Thomas said he was asleep around 3am when he heard banging on his hotel room door and shouts of "police, police." He said he opened the door and saw a group of men dressed in black.
"These men entered into my room. They asked for a copy of my identification card and luggage, which I showed to them. Thereafter, without being shown a warrant or being given any opportunity to make a representation, despite numerous requests to do so, I was placed in handcuffs and dragged across the hotel floor to a waiting police vehicle, which conveyed me to a police station," Thomas said in his affidavit.
Thomas said he was kept in a cage in the back of a police van outside a police station until midday, when he was taken to another police station and locked in a cell until 5 pm before being taken to the airport. The State did not challenge Thomas' account and conceded that his arrest in Barbados was illegal.
Note: This CARICOM citizen had a heart problem and had approved travel documentation to see his doctor in the USA. So he was kept in a cage in the back of a police van outside a police station until midday in the hot sun.
@velo
Thomas is suing both islands for millions of taxpayers' dollars.
“However, as much as the T&T Prime Minister voices her concern in relation to the deafening silence by Caricom over this fiasco, closure and accountability will never be revealed or take place via other regional bodies, inclusive of the Barbados Government, the Police Service in Barbados, or the Caricom Secretary General, as this would lead to utter embarrassment that no country wants revealed to the world.”
“I also refer to the High Court judgment of Justice Rampersad delivered on April 25, 2023, in which the Honourable Court declared that all search warrants executed against Mr. Thomas and his company were unconstitutional, unlawful, arbitrary, unnecessary, and disproportionate,” he wrote. The attorney general further recalled that the court found that the arrest, detention, and forcible removal of Thomas from Barbados constituted a gross abuse that was unconstitutional, unlawful, and contrary to the rule of law. The court also held that the criminal proceedings brought against the businessman amounted to an abuse of process and a breach of his constitutional rights.
Note: So you arrest someone at 3 am with a heart problem and keep him in a caged van till midday, allegedly without a warrant. T&T Police and Barbados Police. Both islands' PMs are clueless, as are their attorneys general? HOW CAN SUCH OCCUR?
@velo
Mia rejects kidnapping of T&T businessman
read the above link first, then
The deafening silence by Caricom over this fiasco means closure and accountability will never be revealed or take place via other regional bodies, inclusive of the Barbados Government, the Police Service in Barbados, or the Caricom Secretary General, as this would lead to utter embarrassment that no country wants revealed to the world.”
Ok, let's hear your brief:
On what grounds will you sue her?
has anyone been accused of kidnapping ?is their any legal charges filed in any court room against any member of the barbados government other than the say so of the trinidadian prime minister
@velo
Ok Mia Brent Thomas wasn't kidnapped; tell us what happened
It's obvious you didn't read what the judge said.
Court filings are in both Barbados and T&T. Both governments are settling out of court.
Trini gun dealer ‘abducted’ from Barbados takes legal action
He is also demanding to know who gave the directive which led to his “unlawful abduction” from a hotel room in Barbados on October 5, 2022, as stated by Justice Devindra Rampersad in his ruling on Thomas’ constitutional challenge in April 2023.Thomas, 61, is the owner of Specialist Shooters Training Centre (SSTC), which has been one of the main suppliers of guns, ammunition and other security equipment to various arms of the State for over 20 years, is represented by attorneys Fyard Hosein, SC, Aadam Hosein, Clay Hackett, of Trinidad and Barbadian attorney Nicholas Jackman.
In his legal action against the State, Thomas also sued over the criminal charges against him which were stayed by Rampersad who condemned the police officers, both locally and from Barbados, for their method of capturing and bringing Thomas back to TT.The State had also admitted that Thomas’ return to TT was unlawful but has appealed aspects of Rampersad’s ruling. Rampersad is also expected to decide on compensation.In an address to the Barbadian Parliament on May 9, 2023, Marshall insisted Thomas was not “abducted” from Barbados, but he did admit officers of the BDS had “fallen short of the law” during the operation.
He said neither himself nor Prime Minister Mia Mottley was informed or made aware of any matter involving Thomas, but said that was not unusual. “We simply had no knowledge nor involvement in this matter.
“Unlawful abduction” refers to the illegal, forced, or fraudulent taking and carrying away of a person against their will. It is a serious criminal offence—often synonymous with or a component of "kidnapping",where the victim is deprived of their liberty without any legal justification or authority.